Picture-mat



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' J. D. SIMMONS & J. 0.-HALL.

PIGTURE MAT. No. 350,777. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

, WITNESSES INVENTORS KW JETS/111772071 Q s I #6071,

L ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN DTMIOK SIMMONS AND JAMES O. HALL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PICTURE-MAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,777, dated October12, 1886.

Application filed February 24, 1986. Serial No. 193,060.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, JOHN DIMIOK SnrMoNs and James O. HALL, citizens ofthe United States,residingat St. Louis, in the county ofSt. Louis andState ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful ImproveinentsinPicture- Mats; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention. and is ahorizontal section through a mat with its raised portion and picture.Fig. 2 is a front view of a mat, and shows the raised portion at theback in dotted lines.

This invention relates to picture-mats; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth,and pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates one styleof photographers lllkliSWlJlCll will be sufiicicntto illustrate ourinvention, the invention being applicable to all styles of mats forpaintings, portraits, &c. On the back or rear face of the mat, aroundthe view-opening B, we provide a raise or rib, C, which may be attachedto the (No model.)

1n eans for holding a picture back from the glass of a 1i ictnre-frame;but we are not aware that any one has ever fixed to the rear side of amat and at a distance from the opening to be invisible from the front astrip, as O, the said strip entirely surrounding the opening of thematand corresponding in outline to the shape thereof.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

As an improved article of manufacture, a picture-mat having a narrowstrip, O,arranged on its rear side around the opening and at a distancefrom the edge of said opening, so as to be invisible from the face ofthe mat, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JNO. DIMIOK SIMMONS. JAS. O. HALL. Witnesses:

MANLY MANX, P. E. BECK.

